diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b566fa9d..19482cda 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -226,15 +226,15 @@ def preinstall_check(install_opt):
     This ugly stuff is necessary as distributions are not installed correctly with setuptools/distribute
     Hope to remove this at some point"""
 
-    #modules_tocheck = ['twisted', 'twisted.words', 'twisted.web', 'wx', 'urwid']
+    #modules_tocheck = ['twisted', 'twisted.words', 'twisted.web', 'urwid']
     modules_tocheck = ['gobject']  # XXX: python-gobject is not up-to-date in PyPi
     if NO_X_OPT not in install_opt:
-        modules_tocheck.append('wx') # wx is the only one to be really difficult to install
+        # append to modules_tocheck the packages needed by graphical frontends
+        pass
 
     package = {'twisted': 'python-twisted-core',
                'twisted.words': 'python-twisted-words',
                'twisted.web': 'python-twisted-web',
-               'wx': 'python-wxgtk2.8',
                'urwid': 'python-urwid',
                'gobject': 'python-gobject',
                'mercurial': 'mercurial'}  # this dict map dependencies to packages names for debian distributions